Kurt Cobain Museum Items Damaged By Fire

Some sad news to pass along as Billboard reports some relics from Kurt Cobain’s life were damaged in a fire on Saturday, June 9th at the Aberdeen Museum of History. Kurt Cobain called Aberdeen his home town and in the fire some rarities were lost.

Writer Ryland Spencer took to Twitter documenting the loss of original art work as well as a couch owned by Cobain. Sadly, Aberdeen Fire Chief Tom Hubbard said: “This is a devastating loss for the city,” adding that there was a “massive destruction of a lot of historic items” from fire, smoke and water damage. Luckily, It was also reported that no one was harmed in the blaze.

If anybody would like to help with the recovery for the Aberdeen Museum you can send your donations here.

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